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Free Market & Progressive Activists Against Bush "Midnight" Regulations
Hit & Run — ... in the rulemaking process. As a coalition, we do not take a position on any particular rule but, rather, a principled stand on the proper conduct of rulemaking. Our coalition likely contains proponents and opponents of nearly every major regulation you would consider. We have different interests but share a conviction: for the next few months, you should avoid issuing all but the most urgent new regulations. Whole joint open letter can be found here.      ...

No Midnight Regulations!
The Corner on National Review Online — ... are often proposed in such haste that they are even worse than normal regulations. We therefore all agree that no new regulations should be published after November 1st, which the Administration has previously stated would be a cut-off date. There are signs that some very bad regulations might be published after that date, so it would be better for all of us if the Administration stood by its promise, and have said as much in our letter to the President. You can read the letter here . ...

Bush Administration Deregulatory Agenda Finishing Strong
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society — ... The numbers detailed above show the extent to which agencies have heeded (or, more accurately, ignored) Bolten’s call for regulatory restraint. Both because of their numbers and their substance, the regulations combining to form this deluge have prompted an unlikely alliance of environmental and free market organizations to call on the Bush Administration to suspend all new regulations. The general theme of the new regulations is to favor business and industry interests at the expense of health, safety, and environmental protections. ...